Elena

The sound of something hitting the surface of the pool hit my ears and I crawled out of my bed to see what it was. I looked out a window on the left wall of my room and saw Jake conjuring a ball of magic in his palms. Linda stood before him and was saying some things I couldn't hear from where I watched. Jake gritted his teeth as he tried to sustain the magic ball a bit longer, but his effort became futile when the magic ball blinked out of existence.

I smiled as he punched the air in frustration. I smiled not because I derived pleasure in...